Bisphenol A | EFSA - European Food Safety Authority
BPA is permitted for use in food contact materials in the European Union (EU) under Regulation 10/2011/EU, relating to plastic materials and articles intending to come into contact with foodstuffs. In January 2011, the European Commission prohibited the use of BPA in the manufacture of polycarbonate infant feeding bottles.
Legislation - Food Safety
The most comprehensive specific EU measure is Commission Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles. It sets out rules on the composition of plastic FCMs, and establishes a Union List of substances that are permitted for use in the manufacture of plastic FCMs.
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The updated rules on food simulants and migration testing provided by this Regulation will supersede those in Directive 78/142/EEC and the Annex to Council Directive 82/711/EEC of 18 October 1982 laying down the basic rules necessary for testing migration of the constituents of plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with
Union Guidelines on Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastic
EUROPEAN COMMISSION HEALTH AND CONSUMERS DIRECTORATE-GENERAL Safety of the Food chain Brussels, 21.02.2014 Union Guidelines on Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food Version History Version Date Change 1.0 28.11.2013 original version
- Does Directive 2002/72/EC apply to plastic gaskets?
- Directive 2002/72/EC applies to materials and articles purely made of plastics and to plastic gaskets in lids. In the past these were the main use of plastics on the market.
- When will directive 80/766/eec and 81/432/ec be repealed?
- Directives 80/766/EEC, 81/432/EEC, and 2002/72/EC are hereby repealed with effect from 1 May 2011. References to the repealed Directives shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation tables in Annex VI. 1.
- How is compliance with Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 assessed?
- Compliance with Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of substances referred to in Articles 6 (1), 6 (2), 6 (4), 6 (5) and 14 (2) of this Regulation which are not covered by an inclusion in Annex I to this Regulation shall be assessed in accordance with internationally recognised scientific principles on risk assessment.
- Should solvents be removed in the manufacture of plastics?
- (11) Solvents used in the manufacture of plastics to create a suitable reaction environment are expected to be removed in the manufacturing process as they are usually volatile. No rules have yet been set out at EU level for the risk assessment and use of solvents in the manufacture of plas tics.
- How many times has Directive 2002/72/EC been amended?
- Directive 2002/72/EC sets out basic rules for the manufacture of plastic materials and articles. The Directive has been substantially amended 6 times. For reasons of clarity the text should be consolidated and redundant and obsolete parts removed.
- What does Directive 2002/72/EC mean for monomers and additives?
- Directive 2002/72/EC contains different lists for monomers or other starting substances and for additives authorised for the manufacture of plastic materials and articles. For monomers, other starting substances and additives the Union list is now complete, this means that only substances authorised at EU level may be used.
